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A life time fan and Prisonerologist of the 1960's series 'the Prisoner', a leading authority on the subject, a short story writer, and now Prisoner novelist.
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Tuesday 15 March 2016
Badge Of Authority
The badge worn by the majority of Village
citizens has been described as being a constant reminder of authority, its
number a means of identifying citizens. Well what works one way, works another.
Because in The Village, having been stripped of your own name and identity, at
least a numbered badge gives you some kind of identity to cling on to. Look how
Number 6 reacted when he had his number 6 taken away from him in ‘The Schizoid
Man.’ He fought tooth and nail to establish that he was Number 6!
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